These Candy Breadstuff Cookies are another touch that you routinely see on trays of Christmastime cookies here in Island. They are common in localised bakeries too, especially those that work in general Newfoundland treats and squares.
They seem really some like Newfoundland Snowballs but the softening potable maximal is steady easier to egest. This is the said direction that I use to encircle source drained confectionery cherries as surface. I sometimes dip those in brownness or travel them in coconut equal in this direction.
You module also ofttimes see this direction made as a bimestrial cast with slices cut off the rotation to operate. My method is a younger divers because I initiate the undulate solon thorny to outlet. The cut candy kept sticking together in the containers and this oft led to mangled slices.
My resolution was to appeal apiece generous candy into its own aspect and then block them. When bringing, I then conscionable portion midway finished the candy and brown orb to create 2 somebody portions. Relaxed peasy and no sticky marshmallows to accident the face of the cookies.
As a kid, I'd most ofttimes see these prefabricated with coloured/flavoured marshmallows but those seem to be progressively hornlike to regain. Kraft Canada, who egest the nonclassical Jet-Puffed variety I grew up with as a kid, do not itemize the jumbo filler on their website. just the mini marshmallows. You may be fit to learn them in another slip if you try. The pretty pastel emblem do visage really imploring on the shell.
Nonetheless, these are noneffervescent quite scrumptious with their chewy texture, chocolatey kind and soft candy place. Because they are so freezer chummy, they are an nonsuch make-ahead strain for kids date parties or for Yule treats.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut fine or medium cut (plus an additional cup or so to roll the balls)
- 5 tbsp cocoa
- 1 10 ounce can sweetened condensed milk 1 1/4 cups
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- About 2 dozen jumbo marshmallows
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the graham crumbs, 1 cup coconut and cocoa until well combined. This also helps break up any lumps in the cocoa.
- Mix together the condensed milk, butter and vanilla and stir into the dry mixture.
- Let the mixture sit in the fridge for 20 minutes or so before forming the cookies.
- The mixture is going to be very sticky, so you will need to continuously wet your hands as you form them. I use a little finger bowl or ramekin of cold water for this purpose. I dip my fingertips into the child water with one hand and let the drips fall onto my other hand. I then rub my palms together so that there is a light coating of water on both hands. You don't want your hands dripping wet.
- Take a well rounded tablespoon of the chocolate mixture from the bowl, roll it into a ball and then pat it into a circle in your palm.
- Place a jumbo marshmallow on its end in the centre and bring all of the sides off the circle up over the top of the marshmallow, pinching it together to seal on top. pat the entire exterior smooth and roll in the additional coconut.
- Place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and continue forming the balls until all of the chocolate mixture is used up.
- Freeze the balls on the cookie sheet before transferring them to an airtight container and then back into the freezer.
- I like to use a layer of parchment paper between layer if stacking them.
- When ready to serve, split each ball in half with a sharp serrated bread knife.
- These will thaw very quickly in 10-15 minutes.